Details

Date

1710

Author

Joblot

Contribution

Boiled infusions remain free of microorganisms.

Reference

Lechevalier

Notes

In a controlled experiment, Joblot showed that animalcules did not appear in hay infusions that had been boiled and kept in a sterile closed container. This was a contribution to the long Spontaneous Generation controversy that was separate from, but relevant to, the Germ Theory.